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2021-22 Track and Field

Ethan Sparks

Ethan Sparks

  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Cortland, Ohio
  • High School:
    Maplewood
  • Major:
    Mechanical Engineering

Summary

Biography

NIL Opportunities

2022 Outdoor (Junior): Placed fifth in the steeplechase at the Horizon League Championships with a time of 9:34.22...was sixth in the steeplechase at the Jesse Owens Invitational.

2022 Indoor (Senior): Finished eighth in the mile at the Horizon League Championships posting a time of 4:14.94...was part of the Horizon League Champion DMR squad...placed third in the mile at the YSU Mid-Major Invitational running a time of 4:17.26.

2021 Outdoor (Sophomore): Took third in the 3000m steeplechase at the Horizon League Outdoor Championships with the 10th-fastest time in YSU history (9:23.00)...finished 15th in the 1500m at the league meet...posted a season-best time of 3:58.33 in the 1500m (IUP Invitational). 

2021 Indoor (Junior): Finished runner-up in the mile at the Horizon League Indoor Championships, posting a season-best time of 4:18.61...was the anchor leg of the 4000 DMR team who clocked the eighth-fastest time in YSU history (10:18.91)...recorded a season-best time of 8:43.39 in the 3000m (Kent State Doug Raymond Invitational). 

2020 Indoor (Sophomore): Finished third in the mile with a time of 4:17.76 at the Horizon League Championships...clocked season-best times of 1:58.72 in the 800m and 4:16.38 in the mile.

2019 Outdoor (Freshman): Ran a personal-best time of 1:57.24 in the 800m...clocked a time of 4:07.09 in the 1500m at the Horizon League Championships...had a season-best time of 4:03.39 in the 1500m at the Bison Outdoor Classic. 

2019 Indoor (Freshman): Placed eighth in the one mile run with a time of 4:23.71...also competed in the 5000m run at the Horizon League Championships. 

Personal: Majoring in mechanical engineering...recipient of the 2020-21 Dr. Frank J. Taratine Scholarship in Engineering and Athletics...recipient of the 2021-22 Penguin Club Athletic Scholarship. 

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  • 2018-19Freshman

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